How Do You Practice a Pickpocket Act?

[David Brooke]

Are there any people here who do pickpocket acts? If so, how do you, legally, practice it?

 

[Josh Burch]

I drape a jacket over a chair, to practice. I know some people use mannequins. The best way is to practice on a friend, just run through the motions a few hundred times. After that, use a routine to hide it. Greg Wilson uses a which hand coin routine. I use a cards across routine. You just need an excuse to get really close to a spectator.

 

[David Brooke]

Thanks!